Gene Hackman's wife died from a rare infectious disease around a week before the actor's death
According to medical investigators, actor Gene Hackman had advanced Alzheimer's and died from heart disease, with data from his pacemaker last registering on 18 February.
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Medical investigators say Gene Hackman died from heart disease. While wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from a rare infectious disease around a week before the actor's death.